Such platitudes are expected from any new player, but there was a kernel of truth within it. Chelsea have positioned themselves as being the best team in England’s thriving market by bringing in talented personalities on and off the pitch. That, in turn, encourages others to join.

Chelsea makes top defender for USA's gold medal-winning team at 2024 Paris Olympics the first million-dollar player in women's soccer history.

Chelsea are so dominant that competition will not come from other sides in the league - but from the best sides in previous WSL seasons

Olympic soccer star Naomi Girma is taking her skills across the pond after signing a record-breaking deal to play four years at the Chelsea Women football club in England, becoming the woman to cross the million-dollar threshold in the sport.

Women’s soccer has its first million-dollar player after United States defender Naomi Girma moved from San Diego Wave to Chelsea.

U.S. women's national team defender Naomi Girma is the first million-dollar transfer in women's soccer history. San Diego Wave FC and Chelsea FC announced their deal on Sunday as Girma is now part of the London giants,

San Diego Wave and American international center-back Naomi Girma ... also in hot pursuit of Girma's signature and wanted to pay a lucrative sum, while other European teams held interest, the report added. Fellow English team Arsenal eventually were ...

Sonia Bompastor has said she expects new signing Naomi Girma to take Chelsea to a higher level but added that the defender's debut will be delayed.

The 24-year-old has joined the Blues from San Diego Wave for a world-record fee of $1.1 million (£890,000), easily surpassing the previous record.

Naomi Girma signed for Chelsea on Sunday and was introduced to fans at Stamford Bridge before the London derby against Arsenal. Girma walked out at the Chelsea stadium and was met with a chorus of boss from the Gunners supporters.

Women's soccer has gained momentum. There is no more field, there is no other scenario in which at least one paradigm is not being broken. Women's soccer changed: if discussions used to occur based on visibility and equality,